It is believed that in 30 seconds, the human brain goes through roughly the same amount of information as the Hubble Space Telescope processes in 30 years. Part of that data comes from the world ...

Sarah Garfinkel has received research funding from the Medical Research Council, Wellcome and the MQ Mental Health Research Charity. She holds an unpaid position on the scientific advisory committee ...

Your nervous system is constantly bombarded with sensory signals from all around you — whether in your real or online life — and it can adversely affect your mental health, researchers say. The key to ...

Sometimes our bodies react to the world around us before we realise, so how do internal signals such as a quickening heart or deep breathing affect our thoughts? It was day 29 of a gruelling 600-mile ...

It is a question that feels like it should have a straightforward answer: how many senses do humans have? Growing up, most of us learned that there are five main senses – sight, smell, hearing, taste, ...

LYING in the dark, my senses are straining for inputs and finding none. I am floating in warm, salty water that is so close to my body temperature, I can’t tell where my body ends and the water begins ...

Interoception is a breakthrough in wellness that encourages us to listen to our bodies more. Naomi May looks within to see how the latest health frontier can help with everything from motivation to ...